Prosecutors Investigating ‘5 Bln Won Club’ Summon Fmr. Supreme Court Justice for Questioning l KBS WORLD

Prosecutors investigating allegations surrounding the so-called “5 Billion Received Membership” linked to the Daejang-dong property improvement scandal have summoned former Supreme Court docket justice Kwon Quickly-il for questioning.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Workplace on Wednesday started interrogating Kwon as a suspect. This comes 4 months after his workplace was raided over associated allegations.

Kwon is accused of receiving 150 million gained, or round 109-thousand U.S. {dollars}, in authorized advising charges from the developer within the Daejang-dong challenge between November 2020 and September 2021, with out formally registering himself with the Korean Bar Affiliation.

In connection to his appointment as adviser within the challenge, Kwon allegedly exercised a casting vote in a 2020 Supreme Court docket determination that reversed and remanded a decrease courtroom conviction of former predominant opposition Democratic Social gathering(DP) chief Lee Jae-myung over public election regulation violation prices.

Kwon is one in all six folks suspected of being a member of the “5 Billion Received Membership,” every of whom had been allegedly promised or paid 5 billion gained from the challenge by Kim Man-bae, a key determine within the improvement scandal.